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Water Battery at Yorktown, Va. [split stereocard]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.1176 Author/Creator: Place Written: Yorktown, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 8.9 cm, Width: 8.9 cm Order a Copy

Image is of the fortifications constructed to house the water battery at Yorktown, VA. Several men are visible, as are numerous ships across the bay. Graphite inscription on verso: "Water Battery at." Numeric notation on verso: "503." Publishers imprint on verso: "Published by E & H T Anthony & Co, New York. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington." Written near Yorktown, Virginia

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